[Fmpro] double standards

[Les Hurdle]

DW.. Mr LeMone.........  over the years I've heard
this story countless times.

But I'll bet the staff salaries still get paid along
with the benefits... no gripe here, good for you, BUT.

Aren't the folks on staff just a little bit ashamed of
the fact they make a living yet constantly deny even
the minutest amount[s] to deserving members?

Yep, it is personal when one should be paid and isn't
!

My only light down the road, as I explained to the
ASCAP CEO once....... when it's all over and I'm
standing on a street corner playing some instrument,
and the beanies are tapping calculators on the same
corner.....  I might just get the dime of the passer
by ;-)

L

--- Les Mizzell <lesmizz at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> > Where are the watchdogs to look out for the little
> guy
> > at ASCAP/BMI/PPL etc?
> 
> When I was young and stupid, I sat down and went
> through the ASCAP 
> formulas before joining and thought to myself "I can
> actually make a 
> living on my royalties"! What a dumbass I was, huh?
> 
> After fighting with ASCAP countless times to try and
> figure out why I 
> never saw any income from certain projects - a
> nationally televised 
> documentary on hurricane Hugo, for instance - or
> stations that pay 
> ASCAP, but ASCAP said "We don't survey that"
> (Educational 
> Radio/Television), I just ran out of steam to fight
> anymore.
> 
> I've pretty much given up. If I don't get paid what
> I want up front from 
> whomever is hiring me, I'm not expecting to *ever*
> see a single dime 
> afterwards.
> 
> To me, looks like the ASCAP "secret society" process
> has all but 
> excluded any chance of any "watchdogs" doing
> anything.
> 
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